Carlos de Maria y Campos, co-leads Galicia’s Energy and Projects practices. He specializes in electricity, hydrocarbons, alternative energy and infrastructure, the latter with an emphasis on project finance.

Clients benefit from his vast experience in advising on complex transactions in the national and international markets. His in-depth knowledge of the sector, and creativity as a recognized specialist in the field, enables him to offer unique and efficient advice on each project. 

Carlos frequently advises and represents contractors, developers, credit institutions, multilateral agencies and, occasionally, has even provided advice to the state-owned companies of PEMEX and CFE. He frequently collaborates with the Environmental, M&A, Antitrust, International Trade, Arbitration, Commercial & Civil and Administrative Litigation teams in matters related to the development and financing of energy and infrastructure projects as well as defense of client interests. Carlos’ main differentiator is offering clients an integral approach that combines the Firm’s transactional strengths, regulatory offerings and strategic capabilities in litigation with a sharp focus and unmatched record of accomplishment in the industry

He teaches Energy Law and Project Finance at several leading Mexican universities.

Carlos was a visiting professor of Energy Law at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. He currently serves as the vice-president of Academia Mexicana de Derecho Energético (AMDE) and was the first Mexican board member in the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN). Carlos is vice-chairman of the Energy Committee and member of the Energy Task Force for the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Mexico.

He worked as a foreign associate at the Washington, D.C. office of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton. 

Carlos is recognized as a leading expert and lawyer by renowned international legal publications and directories, such as Chambers Latin American Guide and Chambers Global Guide, in the Energy and Natural Resources and Project Finance practices. In addition, he is in The Legal 500 Latin American Guide’s “Hall of Fame” for both practices. Leaders League recognizes his experience advising clients in highly regulated industries, such as electricity and hydrocarbons. Latin Lawyer and IFLR1000 also consider him an expert lawyer in the Mexican legal market for these matters.

He is a member of Galicia’s Business Development Committee.
 

Benjamín Torres-Barrón, is the leader for Baker McKenzie's Energy, Mining & Infrastructure (EMI) and Projects Practice Group in Latin America and Mexico.

He is recognized as "Highly Regarded Lawyer" by IFLR, and is also listed as a recommended lawyer by Who's Who Legal for oil, gas, and project finance in Mexico. He is recognized as one of the country's leading lawyers in the energy and natural resources area (Band 1) by Chambers and LEGAL 500.  Benjamin has been named "Lawyer of the Year" for Energy and Natural Resources by The Legal 500 at the 2023 Mexico Awards. This award recognizes the leading legal players from private practice and in-house who have contributed to the Mexican and global market. For several years, he has been acknowledged by the magazine Petróleo & Energía as one of the top 100 leaders in Mexico's energy industry and he currently serves in its Editorial Board. Additionally, in 2021, Benjamin was awarded the recognition of "Stand Lawyer" during the Stellar Performance Stand Out Talent Survey of Acritas and Chambers Latin America.

Benjamin chairs the Membership Committee of the Association of International Energy Negotiators (formerly AIPN) and serves in its Executive Committee. He also was President of the Energy Committee in AmCham Mexico during 2018 through 2021. In addition, he has lectured for the Energy and Sustainability Law Master's Degree at Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León and taught Energy Law classes at Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juarez, Universidad Juarez Autónoma de Tabasco and Business Law at ITESM Campus Ciudad Juarez. He has served at the Energy Editorial Boards of Reforma and Norte newspapers.
 

David H. Weiss, is a Partner at Mayer Brown LLP. David has participated, and taken a lead role, in several of the largest and most complex international arbitrations in recent years and successfully obtained multiple awards whose value exceeded US$1 billion. He leads or has critical roles in both commercial and investor-State arbitrations in the mining and energy industries. Clients value David’s experience working internationally in both public and private law and on disputes under both common law and civil law. He works closely with in-house counsel at sector companies and has particular knowledge with matters in Brazil.

Clients rely on David’s ability to assess, advocate, and resolve their most difficult legal issues. He has routinely worked on some of the most complicated issues in high profile and complex disputes, and with his participation and leadership, his clients have regularly prevailed on most of these issues. David
advocates against some of the most well-regarded arbitration counsel and before some of the most
prestigious arbitral tribunals in the world. He has been named a ’Future Leader’ in Arbitration by Who’s Who Legal in six of the past seven years. As a ‘Recommended’ partner in Legal 500 Latin America, clients noted, “David is an extraordinary professional. He has a very broad knowledge of international law but is also very detailed and incisive in the factual aspects and the singularities of each case, which gives him a depth and overview that is not easy to match.”

In addition to his native English, David is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.
 

Gabriel Salinas, is a partner in Mayer Brown’s Global Energy Group. Gabriel leads the firm’s New Energies Task Force. Gabriel is a leading lawyer in global energy infrastructure projects and New Energies projects, focusing on low carbon, CCS, clean hydrogen and clean ammonia projects. Gabriel has led some of the largest and most important clean hydrogen and carbon capture projects globally. Gabriel has also worked on some of the most high-profile private equity and M&A transactions in Latin America. Gabriel also leads the firm’s Mexico practice as managing partner and has significant M&A experience in Mexico. Gabriel also has broad experience in LNG projects and transactions in the US Gulf of Mexico and globally.